Legal Opinion
Rural Water System 1 v. City of Sioux Center
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2000No. 98-4160, 99-2005PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
The City of Sioux Center, Iowa, appeals the district court’s decision that it violated 7 U.S.C. § 1926(b) by curtailing the service area of Rural Water System # 1 (RWS # 1). Sioux Center also appeals the district court’s decision to award RWS # 1 attorney fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. BACKGROUND
RWS # 1 is a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 504A 2 of the Iowa Code that provides water to rural customers. It furnishes service in an area that is eighteen miles by thirty-six miles surrounding Sioux Center. 3 RWS # 1 brought suit against Sioux…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Rural Water System 1 v. City of Sioux CenterDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1997
- Jill Harmon and John Kean v. City of Kansas City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- Ray and Marilyn Perkins v. Clark Equipment Company, Melrose DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Sequoyah County Rural Water District No. 7 v. Town of MuldrowCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Rural Water System 1 v. City of Sioux CenterDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1998
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- Baker v. John Morrell & Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2003
- Public Water Supply Dist. No. 3 of Laclede Cnty. v. City of Lebanon, Mo.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
- Chesapeake Ranch Water Company v. The Board of Commissioners of Calvert CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2005
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